Accountant Intern (Seasonal Hire)

Position Summary:

We are looking for an accounting student to do an internship here at UTHealth Houston. This is a seasonal role that will last four or five months, and be paid $20 an hour. It is part-time and designed to be flexible to accommodate a student's schedule. Your role will focus on bank reconciliations and on analyzing data for reporting and budgeting. 

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Consolidates monthly revenue and expense figures to produce monthly financial statements so that departments may operate with accurate financial information.
• Balances departmental ledgers with those of the Accounting or State Comptroller's Office by comparing the two and initiating adjustments so that accurate accounting records may be maintained.
• Ensures that journal vouchers are prepared and transfers of funds are made so that monies and expenses are allocated to correct accounts in order to maintain accurate information for the departments.
• Maintains accurate cash clearing accounts by comparing records of accounting and Medical Service Research and Development Plan (MSRDP), checking for accuracy, and reconciling discrepancies.
• Maintains departmental budgetary restraints by auditing deficit expenditures, notifying the department of the same, and assisting the department with account reconciliation so as to prevent deficit spending by a department.
• Sets up and administers accounts. Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of the data
• Prepares financial statements and reports. Provides professional accounting skills to prepare financial statements and reports by applying accounting principles to the analysis of department revenues and expenditures. Monitors departmental revenues and expenditures and provides reports to departmental administrators and managers.
• Interprets departmental financial statements and reports. Audits journal and/or spreadsheet entries and vouchers for errors, balances revenues and expenditures, reconciles accounts, and advises departments of deficit accounts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

Must be working on a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or its equivalent, with at least twenty-four (24) hours of college-level accounting credit required. 

Minimum Experience:

None

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.